When you don’t have star power or a massive superhero movie to show off in San Diego Comic-Con’s highly-visible Hall H, you have to get creative. And Disney and its 20th Century Studios division did just that for its Alien: Romulus panel. A little theatrics — red strobe lights
Netflix India has revealed a new collaboration with creators Raj & DK for its first action-fantasy series, “Rakt Bramhand – The Bloody Kingdom.” This project follows their recent successful collaboration with the series “Guns & Gulaabs.” The duo will partner with director Rahi
“Alien: Romulus,” the next installment of the “Alien” franchise, brought blood, gore and even a real-life chestburster to San Diego Comic-Con. Director Fede Alvarez along with cast Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu appeared
Just after the conclusion of the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris, Beyoncé played hype woman for the United States team with a promotional advertisement introducing the athletes competing over the next few weeks. Clad in red, white and blue ensemble, Beyoncé shouted out the
A fire broke out in the building hosting the San Diego Comic-Con activation for the HBO series ”The Penguin,” causing the venue to be evacuated on Friday evening. The alarm was sounded in the midst of the press preview for the activation. Members of the media, including
Eddie Redmayne plays a highly elusive lone assassin in the upcoming Peacock and Sky series “The Day of the Jackal,” which revealed its first teaser during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. The series centers on the titular Jackal (Redmayne), a chameleon-like
A few years ago, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld ran into Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige at San Diego Comic-Con, where he got a tantalizing tidbit about the then-mysterious Deadpool 3. Feige told Liefeld that his desk was currently covered with the writer-artist’s work,
It’s safe to say that Roland Emmerich and James Cameron aren’t likely to collaborate anytime soon. During a conversation between filmmakers Emmerich and Antoine Fuqua at San Diego Comic-Con, director Louis Leterrier appeared via video to ask Emmerich about the long-gestating
Daryl and Carol fans have a lot to look forward to when “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” returns with its second season, subtitled “The Book of Carol.” Melissa McBride, who was originally set to costar in the series alongside Norman Reedus but had to step away for personal
It was a meeting of Marvel titans at San Diego Comic-Con, where Marvel editor-in-chief C. B. Cebulski welcomed Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige for a conversation about collecting and the ways comic books inspire films (and vice versa). Cebulski spent part of the panel showing
“Dexter” fans got an exciting surprise at Comic-Con’s panel for the prequel series, “Original Sin.” Not only is original star Michael C. Hall set to narrate the prequel series, but he’ll be back on screen in an all new sequel seures, “Dexter: Resurrection.” “We are thrilled to
Roland Emmerich and Antoine Fuqua may have each helmed a dueling White House invasion movie in 2013, but it was all love between them at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. Collider brought two of the most successful action directors of all time together in Hall H to discuss their
Who will come home from the 2024 Paris Olympics with gold medal(s) in tow? And who might come home with the kind of mega profile boost that launches careers in media, business and beyond? From Allyson Felix to Michael Phelps, many athletes have crossed the line from phenoms
Strike first and strike hard, indeed. Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” and Peacock’s “Love Island USA” topped the Luminate streaming originals TV series charts for the July 19-25 period. On the film side, Netflix’s new rom-com “Find Me Falling” and a resurgent “Hillbilly Elegy” led the
Johnny, the bloodthirsty killer of “In a Violent Nature,” is headed back to the woods. IFC Films and Shudder announced that a sequel for the innovative slasher is in the early stages of development. The news came during the “The Bold Voice of Contemporary Horror” panel at San
Cosplayers have taken over Comic-Con, with flocks of costumers showing up and showing out at SDCC this year. After a few days of photographing the cosplaying crowds, Variety has discovered the biggest trends in the costuming world. And while last year the cosplay event included
Despite Halsey claiming that she got Britney Spears’ approval to interpolate the song “Lucky” for her latest single, that courtesy apparently did not extend to its music video, at least according to Spears. Spears took to social media this afternoon to blast the Gia
Britney Spears had harsh words — which she swiftly retracted — against Halsey, initially lashing out at the singer for lifting inspiration from the video for her 2000 single “Lucky.” Spears took to social media this afternoon to blast the Gia Coppola-directed music video for
One of Travis Willingham’s top-tier wishes is for a “Critical Role” campaign to be adapted into a full-fledged “Dungeons and Dragons” feature film. “The ‘Critical Role’ world is stacked with stories—there is a huge clamoring for the ‘Exandria Unlimited: Calamity.’ I think every
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for plot points, cameos and the ending of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” now playing in theaters. After six years, Deadpool is finally back — and he’s not alone. In addition to bringing back Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, who heroically
After four critically acclaimed seasons of TV that have resonated with viewers worldwide via Netflix, “Fauda” might seem to have the kind of success that would be preordained. But as Lior Raz, the star and one of the series’ creators, recounted Thursday evening at Variety’s
For months before the 2024 Summer Olympics, there had been questions surrounding Paris’ ability to hold such a massive event. The city’s residents had threatened to defecate in the Seine River — the site of the opening ceremony — in protest of its highly polluted waters. As the
“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” has been renewed for a third season at AMC ahead of Season 2, “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carole.” The announcement was made at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. The spinoff series will be produced and set in Spain, with production
The “Clone High” revival has been canceled at Max. The streamer had originally ordered two seasons of the animated series back in 2021. The first revival season debuted in 2023 with the second launching in February 2024. “Although Max will not proceed with a third season of
DC Studios co-chief James Gunn pulled back the curtain on his rebooted cinematic universe at San Diego Comic-Con, beginning with the first trailer for the upcoming animated series “Creature Commandos.” A December launch was also announced at Comic-Con. The series was first
DC Comics chief Jim Lee debuted a new logo for DC Studios on Friday at San Diego Comic-Con that returns to the design the company used from 1976 to 2005, replacing the logo first adopted in 2016. Starting in 1976, the comics publisher’s logo — which appeared in the top left
“Solar Opposites” has been renewed for Season 6 at Hulu. The announcement was made during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The cast of the show also revealed during the panel that the show will release a Halloween special on Hulu later this year. Season 5 of “Solar
DC is going into the future by looking to the past. The entertainment company Friday unveiled its new logo, including a logo for the fledgling screen media division, DC Studios. And it’s a logo with which many fans and readers will be familiar. The company is bringing back the
Celine Dion made an emotional return to the stage on Friday at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Following Lady Gaga and a flurry of European singers, Dion’s eagerly anticipated performance closed the ceremony. As the torch was lit and floated into the sky, Dion, dressed in
Lucille is back. Negan’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) famous baseball bat (and leather jacket) will return in Season 2 of “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” a teaser at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. Plus, Negan is whistling again, which can’t be good news for anyone. “I know, I was
“American Rust” has been canceled again. Amazon Prime Video has opted not to move forward with a third season of the series, Variety has confirmed. Amazon had picked up a second season of the series after it was canceled at its original network home, Showtime, in January 2022.
If Deadpool & Wolverine screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have a superpower, it’s not sweating rejection. When scores of stars turned down an offer to cameo in Zombieland, the studio was ready to give up, but Wernick insisted on a Hail Mary, and they asked star Woody
“The Boys” showrunner Eric Kripke says that newly announced spinoff series “Vought Rising” will be “‘L.A. Confidential’ with superheroes” — and that he’s been planning the prequel show, led by Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy and Aya Cash’s Stormfront, for quite a while. “We’ve
Grammys CEO Harvey Mason jr. issued an urgent letter on Friday dedicated to the 12,000 voting members of the Recording Academy. With just a month to go in the eligibility period for the Feb. 2, 2025 awards, Mason’s message urged Academy voters to cast their votes with
Warner Bros. Discovery is ready to call foul on the NBA. If the shrinking media giant has its way, athletes, influencers and others will begin to take to social media and other venues to criticize the NBA and Amazon for a new deal that will have the digital titan’s Prime Video
Reed Hastings has given away 790,000 shares of Netflix — worth nearly $500 million — as a gift, according to a regulatory filing. According to a source familiar with the stock transaction, the streaming mogul gifted the shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the
“The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Macine,” a documentary that is among the competing Chilean pics at the 20th Santiago Intl. Film Festival, sparkles as it follows a father and son who seek to better their lives. Toto, one of the few remaining artisanal gold miners in the country’s
Another season of Prime Video’s “Invincible” is on the way. “Invincible” creator Robert Kirkman made the Season 4 announcement at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday at Prime Video’s adult animation panel. He was joined by “Hazbin Hotel” creator Vivienne Medrano, “The Legend of Vox
White, who's going to play Springsteen in a biopic, said he's “really excited to see him perform" in London
Betty Buckley, the Tony-winning and Grammy-nominated actor and singer, has signed with Sugar23. Best known for her performances in on stage, particularly for her soaring rendition of “Memory” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” Buckley has also been active in television, film and
On his latest “Weekly Show” podcast, Jon Stewart railed against news outlets such as CNN and NBC, claiming that these “organizations that rely on access and transparency refuse to allow their reporters to come on [this] podcast and talk about the issues of the day.” “Weekly
The timey-wimey-wibbly-wobbly world of “Doctor Who” is expanding with a new spinoff, announced during the “Into the Whoniverse” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. Russell Tovey (“Feud,” “American Horror Story: NYC”) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Surface,” “Loki”) will lead the
Allons-y! The stars of Disney+’s “Doctor Who,” Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson, have jumped off the TARDIS at Comic-Con for their first time, ever. “[I’m] throwing them into the lion’s den,” Showrunner, Executive Producer and Writer Russell T Davies said of the convention’s Hall
James Cromwell, of “Succession” and “Babe” fame, will produce and star in a forthcoming film adaptation of the Eugene O’Neill play “The Hairy Ape.” Janek Ambros of Assembly Line Entertainment will write and direct the project, “Brute’s Revenge,” and co-produce alongside Emmy
With a release like “Deadpool & Wolverine,” one of the most fun superhero movies in recent memory, there has to be equally fun merch for fans to experience the highly anticipated superhero crossover outside the screen. Thankfully, Funko Pop! always has super fans covered, so
Videos from the set of Megalopolis have surfaced that see director Francis Ford Coppola kissing background actors on the cheek during the filming of a party scene. Variety has obtained the videos, writing that they were taken by a crewmember. They show the director walking
On a balmy Thursday night, at the corners of Broxton and Weyburn Avenues in Westwood Village, a smattering of movie lovers bathed in yellow and blue neon lights snapped photos of a marquee. They came to pay last respects to the Fox Bruin Theater, whose 7:30 p.m. screening of
The cast of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” debuted a new trailer for Season 2 of the Prime Video series during their epic panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. The panel included Morfydd Clark (Galadriel), Charlie Vickers (Sauron), Robert Aramayo (Elrond),
